Nation Media Group Plc

NMGMain Investment Market

KES13.56

−0.75−5.24%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 14.21
High: 14.26
Low: 13.49
Prev close: 14.31
VWAP: 13.86
Volume: 21.8K
Turnover: KES 302.2K
Deals: 10

Price history

NMG chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +2.57%

Statistics

Risk and return

Measured from daily closing prices against the Kilele All Share Index.

252 daily returns, risk-free rate taken as the 91-day bill.

Annualised return: +38.8%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 32.5%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.77; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 1.13; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.56; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +21.6%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.30; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −11.6%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −3.08%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −4.42%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.14; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.86; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 52.8%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +7.02%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −6.63%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.151%, standard deviation 2.05%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

NMG against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.55. R squared 0.09.

Rolling volatilityAnnualised, measured over the previous 21 sessions.

Drawdown from peakHow far the price sat below its previous high, 12 months.

Relative performance

Against the sector and the market

NMG performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	NMG	Commercial and Services	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	−6.16%	+4.61%	+0.62%	−6.78% percentage points
1 month	−5.96%	+11.95%	+0.02%	−5.98% percentage points
3 months	+5.53%	+0.14%	−0.63%	+6.15% percentage points
6 months	+2.57%	−0.51%	+0.58%	+1.99% percentage points
Year to date	+32.94%	+4.41%	+15.61%	+17.33% percentage points
12 months	+38.79%	−7.94%	+14.98%	+23.82% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session21.8K shares

Buyer initiated: 7,807
Seller initiated: 13,993
Imbalance: −28.4%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 134.0K, gross 3.40M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Commercial and Services

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
KQKenya Airways Plc	5.52	+2.60%	KES 31.36B	5.8x	-	−10.7%
TPSETPS Eastern Africa Plc	11.84	0.00%	KES 2.16B	19.7x	-	+0.5%
SCANWPP Scangroup Plc	2.03	−3.33%	KES 877.28M	n/m	-	−30.2%
LKLLonghorn Publishers Plc	2.70	−0.74%	KES 735.59M	n/m	-	+4.2%
SGLStandard Group Plc	5.25	+1.16%	KES 429.09M	n/m	-	−1.9%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 2.81BRank 31 of 47
Shares in issue: 207.41M
Earnings per share: KES −0.45
Price to earnings: n/mEarnings are negative
Dividend per share: None declared
Dividend yield: -
Payout ratio: -
Earnings yield: -
Average volume, 30 sessions: 23.4K
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 339.8K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.56
Volatility, 12 months: 32.5%

52-week range71% of range

9.2615.29

Order book

Best eight levels on each side, refreshed during the session.

Spread: 0.01 (0.07%)
Mid price: 13.565
Imbalance: −14% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

2,050 shares bid3,489 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in NMG
Time	Price	Shares
14:35:33	13.49	504
14:21:19	13.55	1,391
14:04:26	13.59	354
12:28:18	13.79	9,791
12:16:57	13.79	786
11:31:58	13.84	1,837
10:40:56	14.08	2,208

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bearish

2 bullish, 1 neutral and 6 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	14.55	−6.8%	Bearish
SMA 50	14.45	−6.1%	Bearish
SMA 100	13.78	−1.6%	Bearish
SMA 200	12.90	+5.1%	Bullish
EMA 12	14.25	−4.8%	Bearish
EMA 26	14.38	−5.7%	Bearish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	34.4	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−0.129	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	3.9	Oversold	Bullish

Classic pivot points

From the previous session: pivot = (high + low + close) / 3.

14.84

14.62

14.47

Pivot

14.25

14.10

13.88

13.73

Position calculator

Shares of NMG

Consideration at KES 13.56: KES 13,560.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 284.76
Total cost of purchase: KES 13,844.76
Break-even selling price: KES 14.14+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 0.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 0.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 0.00

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Company profile

Multimedia publisher of newspapers, television, radio and digital news across East Africa.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Commercial and Services
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: NMG

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